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Articles & publications (28)

BRICK-BEACH UIA Expert Journal – tackling illegal dumps and recycling waste to recover its lost beach

UIA Expert, Miguel Lucena, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

BRICK-BEACH Velez-malaga, Spain

Construction and demolition waste treatment plant for the regeneration of the “Mazquitilla” Beach

This second Journal of BRICK-BEACH reports on the advancement of the project till March 2019 and focuses on the activities realised in different areas...

BRICK-BEACH Velez-malaga, Spain

Urban Soil 4 Food Journal 1: Read about the project’s initial progress

Get to know what Maribor is doing in the first UIA Expert journal!...

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD Maribor, Slovenia

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD Journal 2: The new urban gardens are blooming

Maribor is ready to open up for the next stage of the project! ...

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD Maribor, Slovenia

UrbanSoil4Food Zoom-in 1: Soil for our future!

UIA Expert Daniela Patti “explores the importance of soil and how the project is creating new one through urban organic and construction waste (excava...

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD Maribor, Slovenia

APPLAUSE Journal 1: The project’s first achievements and lessons learnt

Check out Ljubljana’s initial steps in the first UIA Expert journal...

APPLAUSE Ljubljana, Slovenia

APPLAUSE Zoom-In 1: Setting up a new circular approach to IAPS management in cities

In her first Zoom-in, UIA Expert Jorgina Cuixart presents Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS) and their impact on cities. ...

APPLAUSE Ljubljana, Slovenia

APPLAUSE Journal 2: A new system to tackle Invasive Alien Plant Species

Ljubljana has been progressing in the development of its circular model for IAPS management. ...

APPLAUSE Ljubljana, Slovenia

Super Circular Estate Journal 1: Get to know the project’s first steps

The UIA Expert unveils Kerkrade’s initial achievements in the first journal....

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Super Circular Estate Zoom-in 1: Circular versus conventional building process

UIA Expert Elma Durmisevic zooms into the differences between circular and conventional building process through interviews with the key members of th...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Super Circular Estate Journal 2: Next steps

Take a look at the latest developments around Kerkrade’s project. ...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

A2UFood Journal 1: The UIA Expert presents the project’s first steps

Get to know the initial achievements of Heraklion in the first UIA Expert journal....

A2UFood Heraklion, Greece

A2UFood Zoom-In: Food waste and stakeholders’ views

The first Zoom-in of the A2UFood project has just been finalised! UIA Expert Christina Marouli presents the many different dimensions of the problem o...

A2UFood Heraklion, Greece

A2UFood Journal 2: The project moves forward

Discover the latest updates around Heraklion’s project. ...

A2UFood Heraklion, Greece

A2UFood Zoom-in 2: The implementation of the RMF Tool

UIA Expert Christina Marouli goes into the details of the RESOURCEMANAGER-FOOD (RMF) tool for the hospitality units....

A2UFood Heraklion, Greece

The difficult transition for consumers towards more sustainable practices

Read the opinion of Marcelline Bonneau, UIA expert for the Antwerp Circular South project, on supporting sustainable consumption practices....

Antwerp Circular South Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Circular South UIA Expert Journal – changing consumption behaviours for a more circular economy

UIA Expert, Marcelline Bonneau, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

Antwerp Circular South Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Circular South Zoom-In: CIRCUIT in the focus

UIA Expert Marcelline Bonneau presents the first steps of CIRCUIT – the Circular South Community Centre. As she explains, “the Antwerp Circular South ...

Antwerp Circular South Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Circular South Journal 2: Moving towards direct implementation

Antwerp Circular South has begun unfolding. ...

Antwerp Circular South Antwerp, Belgium

Earth Cycle Journal 1: Building blocks to re-localise economy

Policy context, objectives, current questions and future perspective of Sevran’s project....

Earth Cycle Sevran, France

Urban Infra Revolution UIA Expert Journal – reducing emissions in urban construction development

UIA Expert, Kinga Korniejenko, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented....

Urban infra revolution Lappeenranta, Finland

Durability of the materials used and other technological challenges faced by Urban Infra Revolution

In the second edition of the Urban infra revolution Journal, UIA Expert Kinga Korniejenko provides an overview of the development of the project by fo...

Urban infra revolution Lappeenranta, Finland

Do we need innovations? Zoom-in on geopolymers composites

Making the construction sector circular is one of the main challenge for the implementation of a full circular economy. The Urban Infra Revolutions pr...

Urban infra revolution Lappeenranta, Finland

UIA projects experimenting bold solutions for a Circular Economy – Part 1

As part of the 2nd Call for Proposals, the UIA initiative has supported eight projects under the Circular Economy topic. This article will tell you mo...

UIA projects experimenting bold solutions for a Circular Economy – Part 2

In January the European Commission and the UIA Initiative announced that Circular Economy will be among the topics for the last UIA Call for Proposals...

Circular Cities: UIA projects at the 4th Circular Change Conference

Check out the conclusions from our Circular economy workshop in Maribor!...

Promised land, the future of urban consumption - takeaways

The Municipality of Milan organised in June a two day event to discuss the future skills, new technologies, narratives and policies with which cities ...

Pozzuoli, Italy

Innovation and Circular Economy – Bold Approaches from UIA

Circular Economy is at the centre of many UIA projects. At the moment, UIA funds eight projects within the topic of Circular Economy under Call 2. Out...
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Projects (8)

BRICK-BEACH - Artificial regeneration of urban beaches with eroded recylced aggregates

Velez-malaga, Spain Circular economy
78,890
01/04/2018-31/03/2021
EUR 4,040,240.00

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD - Establishment of Innovative Urban Soil Based Economy Circles to Increase Local Food Self-sufficiency and Minimize Environmental Footprint

Maribor, Slovenia Circular economy
111,550
01/12/2017-31/11/2020
EUR 2,998,120.00

APPLAUSE - Alien Plant Species from harmful to useful with citizens' led activities

Ljubljana, Slovenia Circular economy
288,307
01/11/2017-31/10/2020
EUR 4,162,071.76

Super Circular Estate - First Circular Social Housing Estate for 100% Material and Social Circularity

Kerkrade, The Netherlands Circular economy
114,522
01/11/17-31/10/20
EUR 4,712,765.24

A2UFood - Avoidable and Unavoidable Food Wastes: A Holistic Managing Approach for Urban Environments

Heraklion, Greece Circular economy
173,993
01/03/2018-28/02/2021
EUR 3,130,359.00

Antwerp Circular South - engaging the community in an online and offline circular economy

Antwerp, Belgium Circular economy
521,946
01/01/2018-31/12/2020
EUR 4,979,239.40

Earth Cycle - On-site recycling process of extracted soil from the subway work in SEVRAN and its impact on the circular economy

Sevran, France Circular economy
50,374
01/03/2018-28/02/2021
EUR 4,885,025.36

Urban infra revolution - Circular economy materials and novel method development to produce recyclable and functional urban construction products

Lappeenranta, Finland Circular economy
73,000
01/11/2017-31/10/2020
EUR 3,386,638.4
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Documents (19)

Velez-Malaga_BRICK-BEACH_UIAExpertJournal2 (March 2019)

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Velez-Malaga_BRICK-BEACH_UIAExpertJournal1 (Nvb 2018)

PDF 739.05 ko Published - 14 Dec 2018

Maribor_UrbanSoil4Food_Zoom-in 1 (Dcb 2019)

PDF 1.35 mo Published - 8 Jan 2020

Maribor_Urban Soil 4 Food_UIAExpertJournal2 (May 2019)

PDF 820.98 ko Published - 19 Jun 2019

Maribor_Urban Soil 4 Food_UIAExpertJournal1 (Nvb 2018)

PDF 2.34 mo Published - 14 Dec 2018

Ljubljana_APPLAUSE_UIAExpertJournal 2 (March 2019)

PDF 938.34 ko Published - 27 May 2019

Ljubljana_APPLAUSE_UIA Expert Zoom-in 1

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Ljubljana_APPLAUSE_UIAExpertJournal 1 (Nvb 2018)

PDF 9.18 mo Published - 11 Jan 2019

Kerkrade_Super Circular Estate_UIAExpertJournal 2 (May2019)

PDF 1.82 mo Published - 24 May 2019

Kerkrade_Super Circular Estate_UIAExpertJournal 1 (Nvb 2018)

PDF 1.88 mo Published - 14 Jan 2019

Heraklion_A2UFood_UIAExpertJournal 2 (March 2019)

PDF 878.74 ko Published - 27 May 2019

Heraklion_A2UFood_UIAExpertJournal 1 (Octb 2018)

PDF 1.10 mo Published - 11 Jan 2019

Antwerp_Antwerp Circular South_UIAExpertJournal2 (May 2019)

PDF 1,002.77 ko Published - 24 May 2019

Antwerp_Antwerp Circular South_UIAExpertJournal1 (Nvb 2018)

PDF 1.77 mo Published - 14 Dec 2018

Antwerp Circular South_Zoom-in 1_March 2018

PDF 1.60 mo Published - 2 May 2019

Sevran_Earth Cycle_UIAExpert Journal 1 (March 2019)

PDF 633.78 ko Published - 26 Jun 2019

Lappeenranta_UrbanInfraRevolution_Zoom in 1

PDF 1.79 mo Published - 24 Jul 2019

Lappeenranta_UrbanInfraRevolution_UIAExpertJournal2 (March 2019)

PDF 820.49 ko Published - 22 Jul 2019

Lappeenranta_UrbanInfraRevolution_UIAExpertJournal1 (Octb 2018)

PDF 1.17 mo Published - 11 Jan 2019
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